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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Queen Consort.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the country of France first receive Antoinette when she rose to the throne.
(a) They were confused.
(b) They adored her.
(c) They despised her.
(d) They ignored her.

2. How did France react to the birth of Antoinette's first child?
(a) They were confused.
(b) They were ecstatic.
(c) They were outraged.
(d) They were disappointed.

3. How did Antoinette's father die?
(a) From cancer.
(b) From yellow fever.
(c) From a stroke.
(d) From smallpox.

4. How many siblings-in-law did Antoinette inherit when she married Louis XVI?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. Whom did Louis use as his confidant regarding his sexual shortcomings with Antoinette?
(a) Yolande de Polignac
(b) Ferdinand.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Count Axel Fersen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following courts was limited only to nobles?

2. What fabric did Antoinette favor in her dress?

3. Which of the following countries was Maria Teresa queen of through bloodlines?

4. How did Isabella of Parma die?

5. To which of the following European countries did Austria belong to at the time of Antoinette's birth?

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